Multicultural sorority established on CSUEB Hayward campus
Reem Habte,
Contributor
May 24, 2018
On Nov. 3, 2017, Zeta Sigma Chi became the newest sorority on Cal State East Bay’s campus and joined 31 existing Greek organizations. But this sorority chapter is different from most of the others; they were created specifically to be a multicultural group that accurately reflects the ethnic divers...
Journalist Yessenia Funes opens CSUEB’s Earth Week
Justin Mutch,
Staff Writer
May 10, 2018
Yessenia Funes, an environmental journalist for the blog Earther, gave a keynote speech to kick off Earth Week at CSUEB, April 23 through 27. She gave an informative and poignant presentation in the Multipurpose Room in the New University Union about environmental racism, as well as other forms of envir...
Communication students build a new radio station on campus
Daniel McGuire,
Staff Writer
March 14, 2018
This quarter, California State University, East Bay offered a class in the communication department that had not been offered in twenty years. Comm 3160, “Radio Operation,” has not been offered since CSUEB was known as CSU Hayward. The class is run by Kevin Pina, communication department lecturer...
CSUEB prepares to end contract with Aramark
Erika Martinez,
Staff Writer
March 7, 2018
The Philadelphia-based corporation, Aramark, took over the university food services on July 1, 2006. This contract with Aramark came with an expiration date, June 30, 2018. Just a little over four months left, the question of who will be the next food service provider that will take over the univers...
Campus Safety 101: Walking around CSUEB at night
Sierra Perales,
Contributor
January 24, 2018
Winter time on Cal State East Bay’s campus can get cold and especially dark since daylight savings time ends in November. The dark evenings will continue until daylight savings returns in early March. For anyone on campus studying or taking night classes, this means having to cross parts of campus...
New chapter and new beginnings for East Bay Chapter of PRSSA
Sierra Perales,
Contributor
January 10, 2018
In 2002, nine communications majors created the Public Relations Student Society at Cal State East Bay to help each other pursue careers in the public relations industry. The organization started out strong numbers-wise, but over time they struggled to keep club enrollment up above the minimum of 10...
CS “You” Ferguson returns to campus
Alaina Bigelow,
Contributor
November 16, 2017
How East Bay’s Theater Department is starting an open discussion When George Zimmerman was acquitted for the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012, the Black Lives Matter movement was born. It has since become a chapter-based, global activist movement aimed at reducing violence against Black communities. Here at Cal S...
CSUEB has blurry policy on alcohol
Myles Watkins,
Staff Writer
November 16, 2017
I went on a journey in search of information on how to have a tailgate at CSUEB: the ability to cook food, drink alcohol and socialize on campus before sporting events. Although that was the original intent of my inquiry, I ended up finding out just how confusing the CSUEB alcohol policy is in its current...
A hit and run accident was my introduction to CSUEB
Robert Glasspole,
Contributor
November 1, 2017
I was involved in hit and run accident on Sept. 21 while parked near the bookstore in Lot A. As a student who commutes to Cal State East Bay daily from San Mateo, parking is the most stressful part of my drive. Drivers can be easily distracted while driving in parking lots which leads to accidents. Two...
Student housing in high demand
Taylor Fedorenko,
Contributor
November 1, 2017
It was a warm Sunday afternoon when I left Sacramento and set off toward what would become my new home: Hayward. Finally, freedom was attained. I had just moved out of my parents’ house to attend college at Cal State East Bay. I received warm welcomes from family friends who were kindly letting me ...
Getting physical at CSUEB
Jocelyn Jensen,
Contributor
October 19, 2017
The Freshman 15 is notorious: it is common for students who are new to campus to gain a few pounds during their first year in college. Realistically 3-5 pounds, is what a new student might gain due to lack of food portion control or from binge drinking, according to August 2017’s US News & Wor...
Touring, not what we imagined
Eduardo Gonzalez,
Contributor
October 19, 2017
To the average spectator it may seem like traveling bands appear to music venues at a magical flick of a wrist or even through a secret portal hidden behind the curtains. The truth is usually a lot messier than that. Getting from one show to another usually consists of cramming, eating out of cooler...
